Conference USA Member History...

Where did they all come from?

or... where is TCU this week?

1880s

1885
First Season

IND

1886

1887

1888

1889

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1890s

1890
First Season

IND
IND

1891

1892

1893
First Season

IND

1894

1895
First Season
First Season

IND

1896
SIAA
First Season

IND

1897
IND

1898
SIAA

1899

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1900s

1900
IND
SIAA
IND
IND
IND

1901
IND

1902

1903

1904

1905
IND

1906

1907

1908
IND
IND

1909

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1910s

1910
IND
SIAA
IND
IND
IND

1911
OHIO

1912
First Season

IND
First Season
First Season

IND
IND
First Season

IND

1913
TIAA

1914
OCC
First Season

IND
KIAA
TIAA

1915
SWC
First Season

TIAA

1916

1917

1918
SWC

1919
IND
IND
OCC
IND

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1920s

1920 IND
IND
SWC
IND
SWC
SIAA
OCC
IND
IND
OHIO
TIAA

1921
SIAA
IND

1922
SoCon

1923
SWC

1924

1925
WVIAC
BUCK

1926

1927

1928
MsVC

1929
Big 4

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1930s

1930
WVIAC
MsVC
SWC
IND
SWC
SoCon
Big 4
IND
IND
BUCK
SIAA
SWC

1931
SIAA

1932
First Season

IND

1933
BUCK
SEC
MVC

1934

1935
SIAA
BIAA

1936

1937

1938
IND

1939
IND

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1940s

1940
IND
IND
SIAA
SWC
SIAA
SWC
SEC
MVC
BIAA
IND
IND
SIAA
SWC

1941
IND

1942
IND
IND

1943

1944

1945
IND

1946
IND
First Season

LONE
IND
IND
KIAA

1947
NSC
MAC

1948
GSC
OVC

1949
GCC
OVC
IND

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1950s

1950
NSC
GCC
OVC
IND
SWC
GSC
SWC
SEC
MVC
BIAA
IND
MAC
IND
SWC

1951
MVC

1952
IND
IND

1953
IND

1954
MAC

1955

1956

1957
MVC

1958

1959

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1960s

1960
NSC
IND
MAC
IND
SWC
IND
SWC
SEC
MVC
IND
IND
MVC
IND
SWC

1961

1962
IND

1963

1964
MVC

1965
SoCon

1966
IND

1967

1968
MVC
WAC

1969
IND

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1970s

1970
SoCon
IND
IND
MVC
SWC
IND
SWC
IND
MVC
WAC
IND
IND
MVC
SWC

1971

1972

1973

1974
IND

1975
IND

1976
SWC

1977
IND
IND
I-AA

1978
SoCon
I-AA

1979
First Season

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1980s

1980
IND
SWC
SoCon I-AA
IND
SWC
IND
SWC
IND
MVC
IND
DIV 3
WAC
IND
IND
IND
SWC

1981

1982
IND
DIV 2

1983

1984

1985

1986
IND

1987
Death Penalty

1988

1989
SWC

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1990s

1990
IND
SWC
SoCon I-AA
IND
SWC
IND
SWC
IND
IND
IND
I-AA
WAC
IND
IND
IND
SWC

1991
First Season IND
DIV 3

1992

1993
IND
I-AA

1994

1995

1996
CUSA
CUSA
WAC
CUSA
WAC
CUSA
WAC
IND
IND
CUSA
CUSA
WAC

1997
CUSA
MAC
First Season

IND
I-AA

1998
CUSA

1999
CUSA

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2000s

2000
CUSA
CUSA
MAC
CUSA
WAC
CUSA
WAC
CUSA
WAC
CUSA
IND
WAC
CUSA
CUSA
CUSA
WAC
IND 1-AA

2001
CUSA
IND

2002
MAC

2003 CUSA

2004

2005
CUSA
CUSA
CUSA
CUSA
CUSA
CUSA
IND
Big East
Big East
MWC
Big East

2006

2007

2008

2009

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2010s

2010
CUSA
CUSA
CUSA
CUSA
CUSA
CUSA
CUSA
CUSA
CUSA
CUSA
CUSA
CUSA
IND
Big East
Big East
MWC
Big East

2011

2012
Big East*
XII

2013
Big East
Big East
Big East
XII

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

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KEY

Symbol Conference Name
(linked if still in existance)
Schools that have been members

IND Independent All teams. If no division is given, it is Divison I (pre 1977) or I-A (1977-present).

SIAA Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Tulane, Louisville, Southern Miss, Memphis

OHIO
Ohio Athletic Conference Cincinnati

KIAA Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Association Louisville

TIAA Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association Rice, TCU, SMU

OCC Oklahoma Collegiate Conference Tulsa

SWC Southwest Conference Rice, SMU, TCU, Houston

BUCK Buckeye Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Cincinnati, Marshall

SoCon
Southern Conference Tulane, East Carolina, Marshall

WVIAC
West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Marshall

MsVC Mississippi Valley Conference Memphis

Big 4 Big Four Conference Tulsa

SEC
Southeastern Conference Tulane

MVC
Missouri Valley Conference Tulsa, Houston, Cincinnati, Memphis, Louisviile

BIAA Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association UTEP

LONE
Lone Star Conference Houston

MAC

Mid-American Athletic Conference Cincinnati, Marshall, UCF

NSC North State Conference/Carolinas Conference East Carolina

GCC Gulf Coast Conference Houston

OVC
Ohio Valley Conference Louisville, Marshall

GSC Gulf States Conference Southern Miss

WAC
Western Athletic Conference UTEP, Rice, SMU, TCU, Tulsa

CUSA
Conference USA All Teams

MWC
Mountain West Conference TCU

Big East
Big East Conference
Cincinnati, Louisville, USF, TCU, UCF, Houston, SMU

=TCU joined, but left before playing a game in conference

XII

Big XII Conference TCU

Notes: this flow chart currently only follows the football memberships of the various schools. Some schools have been in one conference in some sports while in another or an independent in football. All dates are based on information from the College Football Data Warehouse. If you see an error, please contact me.